Brachyscome
Brachyscome | |
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Brachyscome graminea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Astereae |
Subtribe: | Brachyscominae |
Genus: | Brachyscome Cass. |
Species | |
Brachyscome is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Most are endemic to Australia, and a few occur in New Zealand and New Guinea.[1]
Name
The genus name is spelled Brachycome by some authors.
Genetics
One of the annual plains species,
Description
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Fruit
The genus is distinguished from other genera in tribe Astereae mainly by the structure of the fruit. These achenes or cypselas are roughly club-shaped but usually incurved and flattened. They often have a membranous rim or wing around the edge that is sometimes wavy or fringed. The pappus is less than one millimeter long in most species.[5]
Habitat
Brachyscome species are found in a wide range of habitats. They occupy rainy coastal and mountainous regions as well as dry central Australia.[4]
Cultivation
Some Brachyscome species, notably Brachyscome iberidifolia (Swan river daisy), are popular as easily cultivated ornamental plants for flower gardens, and many cultivars are bred for their form, foliage, and flowers.[6]
Species
There are between 65 and 80 species in the genus.[1][4][7]
Species include:
- Brachyscome aculeata – hill daisy
- Brachyscome ascendens
- Brachyscome basaltica – swamp daisy
- Brachyscome chrysoglossa - yellow-tongue daisy
- Brachyscome ciliaris - variable daisy
- Brachyscome decipiens – field daisy
- Brachyscome dentata
- Brachyscome graminea - stiff daisy, grassland daisy
- Brachyscome iberidifolia - Swan River daisy
- Brachyscome multifida - cut-leaved daisy, rock daisy, Hawkesbury daisy
- Brachyscome nivalis – snow daisy
- Brachyscome scapigera - tufted daisy
- Brachyscome segmentosa - Lord Howe daisy, mountain daisy
References
- ^ a b c Genus Brachyscome. PlantNet. New South Wales Flora Online. The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
- ^ Brummitt, R. K. (1993). Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 38. Taxon 42(3), 687-97.
- ^ Carter, C. R. (1978). Taxonomy of the Brachycome lineariloba complex (Asteraceae). Telopea 5, 387-93.
- ^ a b c Watanabe, K., et al. (1999). Chromosomal evolution in the genus Brachyscome (Asteraceae, Astereae): statistical tests regarding correlation between changes in karyotype and habit using phylogenetic information. Journal of Plant Research 112(2), 145-61.
- ^ Everett, J. "Brachycome". In: Harden, G. J. (ed.) Flora of New South Wales volume 3, pages 155-67. University of New South Wales Press. 1992.
- ^ Research Garden. Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne.
- ^ Brachyscome. The Plant List.
Further reading
- Watanabe, K. and P. S. Short. (1992). Chromosome number determinations in Brachyscome. Muelleria 7, 451–71.
External links
Media related to Brachyscome at Wikimedia Commons
- Brachyscome species records. FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.